Richard Chen

Chairman & CEO    

Richard Chen founded Vincera Capital and served as President in 1997 and has been Chairman & CEO since 2002. He was responsible for Vincera Capital's investments in Compal Communications, Firich Enterprises, Largan Precision and others. Richard served as Chairman of the Taiwan PE/VC Association (TVCA) from May 2005 to May 2008 and, as Vice Chairman of the Asia Pacific Venture Capital Alliance (APVCA) between July 2006 and July 2008. He is a frequent guest speaker/panelist in various PE/VC forums in China, Taiwan and other countries.

Prior to founding Vincera Capital, Richard was EVP at GFC Ltd, a publicly listed company in Taiwan with production base and operations in China. His past working experience also includes various executive positions at Huang & Chen Financial Services Co., Global Shearson Financial Services Co. and the Procter & Gamble Company in Geneva, Switzerland. 

At Huang & Chen, Richard in 1993 led a task force to restructure and turnaround Tingyi Holding Corp. (322HK) which later became one of the most successful Taiwanese-owned Enterprises in China. Today, Tingyi is one of the biggest food conglomerates in China with the largest market share of instant-noodle soup (under its signature brand of Master Kong). Its sales revenue in 2006 was US$2.3B and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange with a market capitalization of US$8.9B as of 31 December 2007.

At Global Shearson, Richard in 1989 was responsible for Taiwan's first privatization project, China Steel Corp. (TT2002) which is Taiwan's largest steelmaker. Through innovative and novel ways of financing engineering, he successfully floated US$1B worth of shares of the company on the Taiwan Stock Exchange without causing any negative political nor social impact and at the same time achieved the government's ultimate goal of the privatization.

Richard received his MBA degree from the Wharton Business School and MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. He was awarded the "Outstanding Alumni Award" by National Taipei University of Technology in 2004.